If you watch that video, you can see that Hope clearly gets nervous in front of crowds...he's not as polished as many coaches...at least at this point in his career. But, he's passionate. His team reflected a similar personality on the field last season, and the team this year, probably will show some of that as well, at times. Like the coach, the team needs to learn poise as it becomes comfortable in its collective skin.
-Kawaan Short and Bruce Gaston are both excited and confident about the front four and the part they play in the unit.
-Ricardo Allen calls himself a "playmaker" and says starting as a Freshman would be a "dream come true".
-Joe Holland (who seems to have been at Purdue for 15 seasons) said the linebackers didn't seem to need to spend time on the basics as they had in previous seasons...as Holland, Werner, Higgs, Beckford, Lucas, Carlino, and even Gilliam form a deep and talented corps, I continue to wonder if Higgs might be destined to be a DE before too long...he surely has the size and quickness. Maybe next year.
-The team had another scrimmage...Hope was pleased with the effort and speed of the practice.
-Team worked more on cut blocking and tackling.
-Hope really likes Marve (no surprise)...but keeps mentioning Ricardo Allen. Put him in the starting line-up with a big, fat sharpie. It'll taken injury to keep him out of the starting defense in South Bend.
-When asked if Hope will have a hard time deciding which Freshman will or won't be playing, he succinctly said, "Not Really. I'll play the best ones...don't care who they are."
sidenote- I asked Hope a question last season about potentially benching "The Duke" and he nipped the question in similar fashion...This is one thing I like about the way Hope handles the press.
-He loves the depth and potential for "fresh bodies" in the back 7 of the defense...and says it will help the team "A TON...A TON!" Guys like Carlino will be used heavily on special teams-as a result of that depth, I think we'll see coverage units that hit very hard and are clearly faster than in '09.
-Antavian Edison seems to be the guy who will be returning punts at this point.
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New US News College Rankings....Purdue #56, IU #75. MSU brings up the rear for the Big Ten.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings/page+3
We're so damned good around here that we post Tuesday updates on MONDAY!
Suck it, rest of the Big Ten Bloggers!
The headline is for the reader...I picture it something like this:
-Successful Purdue grad wakes up in his trendy NY apartment next to his smokin' hot model wife.
-heads to the kitchen, fires up the laptop, enjoys a cup of coffee and a bowl of frosted shredded wheat while reading the practice report from the day before...
Boilerdowd:
You were SO close, but it's more like this:
Reasonably successful Purdue grad wakes up in his unassuming Fort Wayne two-story next to his smokin' hot teacher wife.
-limps into the bathroom, fires up the iTouch, reads the practice report from the day before...
Livin' the dream!!
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